Testing expert systems in process control

Author

Finke, Kai ; Jarke, Matthias ; Soltysiak, Roland ; Szczurko, Peter

Author_Institution

Henkel KGaA, Dusseldorf, Germany

Volume

8

Issue

3

fYear

1996

fDate

6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

403

Lastpage

415

Abstract

Special features of process control expert systems (PCX) make it both necessary and feasible to test them in a comprehensive manner. FAITH, an automated regression testing environment for PCX, integrates five specially adapted testing techniques, exploiting external specifications gained from the process control environment. FAITH also offers a set of metrics which can be used to predict testability during the early phases of PCX development. FAITH has been developed for a major German chemicals company where it is routinely used for certifying PCX, and for guiding design-for-testability

Keywords

automatic test software; design for testability; intelligent control; knowledge verification; process control; software metrics; FAITH; automated regression testing environment; certification; chemicals company; design-for-testability; expert system testing; external specification; metrics; process control; process control expert systems; testability; Area measurement; Automatic testing; Chemicals; Control systems; Expert systems; Humans; Process control; Production; Senior members; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-4347

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/69.506708

Filename

506708